More Than 80 Major CEOs Signed A Letter Telling Washington To Fix The Debthttp://www.businessinsider.com/ceo-debt-letter-2012-10/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:10:52 -0400Max Nisenhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50a1033d69bedd672a000033Jarod HaldiMon, 12 Nov 2012 09:10:05 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50a1033d69bedd672a000033
Thanks a lot! It was very interesting to read =)http://www.businessinsider.com/c/509318a46bb3f7b32600001aHank P.Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:49:40 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/509318a46bb3f7b32600001a
The CEO of PlanPrescriber also did an interview on Medicare and how it fits into government's current expenditures. <a href="http://www.medicarebenefits.com/ross-blair-interview-medicare-2012/" target="_blank">http://www.medicarebenefits.com/ross-blair-interview-medicare-2012/</a>http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5089d673eab8ea140700000bd.olThu, 25 Oct 2012 20:16:51 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5089d673eab8ea140700000b
They do all live and are responsible for that debt - must be a jokehttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/5089aeea69beddf903000007Printus MaximusThu, 25 Oct 2012 17:28:10 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5089aeea69beddf903000007
" ... pro-growth tax reform, which broadens the base, lowers rates, raises revenues, ... "
This is the same trickle-down BS. The only statement missing is to have the Fed blow another credit bubble.
Yes, I too want a unicorn that shits skittles. Of course he eats his own shit so I don't have to pay to feed him.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5089944b69bedd393d00000cLaserbobThu, 25 Oct 2012 15:34:35 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5089944b69bedd393d00000c
They mention Bowles-Simpson, which suggests both tax increases and budget cuts.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50899152eab8ea046700000bMichael Lewis Sr.Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:21:54 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50899152eab8ea046700000b
Soooooo
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My first thought was .... great idea ..... then I thought about it for a minute ....... here is my opinion ......
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Although this sounds good ........ these are the very same people that do terminate employees and cut benefits ....... all in an effort to maintain or increase their own corporation[s] bottom lines.
Their "mainfesto" ........ is in direct conflict with the treasonist Grover Norquist pledge that our less than ethical , less than honorable ....... un-American Congressmen signed ....... so how will the new "kids" on the block convince these people to give up and un-sign themselves from that document and apologize to the American people for being misled .....and to get down to the business of correctly running our country ....... and if they can't figure it out without these pledges ...... they need to do one or the other ....... resign or resign from ............
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Rant .... no ................................
facts ....yes .........
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Please save yourself any embarrassment .......... these folks in congress can not do anything without GN's approval ........ he is not the President and he does not represent the majority of our nation ......
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Oh yea .............
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In my opinion .......... [ thank heaven that we still have the Constitution and the Bill of Rights ]
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I couldn't help noticing something they DIDN'T recommend -- tax increases!
It's easy to demand that things be "fixed", but the devil is in the details! Any tax increases will reduce GDP, especially with our government bite of GDP already at historical levels. But any spending reductions will also reduce GDP. The least painful solution is to increase GDP growth, and that isn't in the cards, either! Malaise is the most likely outcome for years to come!
I see no evidence that a return to solvency is forthcoming anytime soon. I read a great deal, and because of what I've learned, I believe we have no more than about 2-3 years to find fiscal religion, or we'll be facing a calamity worthy of a book in the Old Testament. I'm preparing and planning accordingly!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50898e4869bedd5d2e000010breezyThu, 25 Oct 2012 15:08:56 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50898e4869bedd5d2e000010
I'm shocked!!!! No5 trillion dollar tax cuts to fix the debt? Don't these guys know Romney has a plan???????????http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50898cf36bb3f76237000007Ted Dibiase Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:03:15 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50898cf36bb3f76237000007
I am the "million dollar man" (or $507,961 man after taxes) and I have to say LOL. Raise the taxes! Ok, which taxes should we raise income tax? That doesn't affect any of these guys much since they only pay capital gains tax. Small business owners who dare take a salary will be eaten alive since they don't get paid in stock! This looks good on paper but clearly doesn't affect the people listed.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50898bd069bedde625000010Jim....Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:58:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50898bd069bedde625000010
Felix Salmon wasted little time in ripping the letter apart:
<a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/10/25/ceos-self-serving-deficit-manifesto/" target="_blank">http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/10/25/ceos-self-serving-deficit-manifesto/</a>http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50898a3869bedd1723000005jesusfchristThu, 25 Oct 2012 14:51:36 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50898a3869bedd1723000005
What better way to fix the debt than to creating a new lobbyist group...